Happy Tuesday, y’all! This week, Jana from That Artsy Reader Girl is asking us to share ten random books we own. While I have a pile of unread books on my physical shelves, I don’t have many I’ve read, because I don’t keep many. But I do have a shelf on Goodreads where I keep track of the books I own. Yes, it includes books I may have gotten rid of over the years, since I don’t reread that often. There are 478 books on that list. Who wants to see ten books I own, and Goodreads picks the titles?
Goodreads offers a great way to sort your books at random. At the bottom of the page, there are many options for sorting your books. The default is date read, but one of my favorite options is random. All titles will lead to Goodreads.
Now, let’s look at 10 books I own that I let Goodreads pick the titles for!
The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
- Release Date: January 1936
- Genre: Mystery
- Read: Yes, October 2021, and gave it four stars
Float Plan by Trish Doller
- Release Date: March 2021
- Genre: Romance
- Read: No, but have read the second book in the series.
A Heart for Christmas by Sophie Jomain
- Release Date: October 2024
- Genre: YA Romance, Christmas
- Read: Yes, December 2024, and gave it four stars
Craftfulness by Rosemary Davidson and Arzu Tahsin
- Release Date: January 2019
- Genre: Nonfiction, Self-Help
- Read: Yes, November 2022, and gave it three stars
Haunting Paris by Mamta Chaudhry
- Release Date: June 2019
- Genre: Historical Fiction
- Read: No
Gone by Lisa Gardner
- Release Date: January 2006
- Genre: Thriller, Mystery
- Read: Yes, December 2018, and gave it four stars
The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer
- Release Date: February 2006
- Genre: Middle Grade, Historical Fiction
- Read: Yes, March 2022, and gave it four stars
Cover Me by Ray Padgett
- Release Date: October 2017
- Genre: Nonfiction, Music
- Read: Yes, July 2024, and gave it four stars
Ian Fleming’s Commandos by Nicholas Rankin
- Release Date: September 2011
- Genre: Nonfiction, Military History
- Read: No
Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe
- Release Date: November 2021
- Genre: Graphic Novel
- Read: Yes, August 2023, and gave it four stars
And that’s ten books I own, randomly selected by Goodreads. Have you read any of these books? What are some books you own?
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What a great random selection! I might give a few of them a try.
Here’s a link to my TTT post
https://rosieamber.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/%f0%9f%93%9a-toptentuesday-10-books-on-my-bookshelf-tuesdaybookblog-booktwitter-bookx/
Craftfulness sounded fun, but maybe it is not so much!
It reads very much like a research paper. I think that may have been part of my problem with it. The premise is good, about using crafting and creating as a form of meditation and way to soothe your soul. I’m just not sure I needed the stats to learn that.
I am interested in Craftfulness!
Likewise! It sounds very interesting. My ladyfriend is all about quilts and canning, even after busy days at work.
It’s about crafting mindfully. Does that make any sense? LOL! It’s about crafting and creating being a type of meditation and a great way to soothe ones soul. I think I rated it at 3-stars because it wasn’t quite what I was looking for at the time.
Cover Me looks interesting.
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
Lore Olympus is SO good! One of my favorites.
I hope you have a wonderful week!
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I really enjoyed Lore Olympus 😍 This also reminds me that I have The Float Plan on my TBR too 🤭 And I think I also have the next book in the series, lol. I hope you enjoy it whenever you get around to it!
Trish’s books always look so cute and the Enola Holmes books always look fun! Maybe someday I’ll give one of them a try. 🙂
Nice picks. Here is my TTT. https://dmhoisington.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/top-ten-tuesday-8/comment-page-1/#comment-985
Great list. I haven’t read any of these.
I’ve only heard of number 1 and number 10 but you have a great selection of books 🙂
Here’s my TTT – https://justreadjessie.blog/2025/11/04/top-ten-tuesday-the-first-10-books-i-randomly-grabbed-from-my-shelves/
You have a pretty eclectic list there. I don’t think I’ve read any of them yet, but I love the covers. Happy Tuesday!
the Fleming’s Commandos book looks interesting! Thanks for sharing it!
I did enjoy Lore Olympus, but haven’t continued the series since the second book. I really like that Enola Holmes cover.
Same! I enjoyed it, but I’m not sure I want to continue with the series.
We have none in common this week!
I love Agatha Christie novels, so was excited to that one of her novels mad your list!!
I could have made a list of just her books, as I have started collecting all of the titles. Most of the books I have are from the 1960s & 1970s as they’re mostly second hand finds.
I have the ABC Murders in my Kindle but still haven’t read it! Hopefully soon!
Love your list, Pam. That Christie book is one I’ve been meaning to read. Thanks for sharing and for visiting my blog.
I love the cover on A Heart for Christmas, and it definitely gets the *feel* right for the time of year.
It was an interesting experience, as it’s an advent book. There are 24 chapters in total in the book, each sealed so there’s no peeking at the end or future chapters. I picked up the author’s newest advent book for this year.
Oh, that sounds an interesting reading experience!
I love the Enola Holmes books. I’m so happy there’s a new one coming.
This is the only Enola Holmes book I’ve read, though I have watched the two Netflix movies that are adapted from the books.
I also have a “bookshelf” on GoodReads where I keep track of the books I own that I haven’t read yet. It’s . . . a lot. This is another list today where I don’t recognize any of the books, but they all look interesting. Hope you get to enjoy them soon!
Great mix of books! I loved Float Plan (and the other two books in the series) — just wish she had more books available! I enjoyed Lore Olympus and Enola Holmes too .
It’s funny, I’ve read the second book in the series but not the first one. Fingers crossed I can get to it soon.
CRAFTFULNESS sounds intriguing. Cross-stitching definitely soothes my soul! I also love the Enola Holmes series, both the books and the movies. Great list!
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
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It was an interesting read for sure. It discusses using crafting almost like meditation. The reminder to shut the world out, and focus on just creating something was an interesting concept. And unfortunately, one I feel like I’ve lost over the years. I’m hoping to get it back in the coming months.
Looks like a fun bunch! I actually have Ian Fleming’s Commandos on my TBR, too; I should give it a shot one of these days.
Craftfulness looks like a good read.
I have several Agatha Christie’s as well! Have a good week!
I’m thinking of doing A Heart of Christmas this year for an advent calendar!! I loved that I saw it on here.
Nice list!
The ABC Murders is one of my favorites with Hercule Poirot:
https://wordsandpeace.com/2021/12/06/may-2020-november-2021-19-months-with-hercule-poirot/
This is a nice list, I think I have the Lisa Gardner on my shelves and I used to read alot of Agatha Christie.
Fun list! I’ve read a couple of them, but the only one I also own is The ABC Murders.
A Heart for Christmas has such a gorgeous cover! I also really need to give Lore Olympus a try, especially since it seems you like it! I should probably grab it from my library sooner rather than later. 🙂
Wonderful list! I loved Lore Olympus, and the Lisa Gardner book sounds really good. And the covers are so pretty.